A Codiac Regional RCMP officer who was sentenced Monday to four months in jail for beating a man whose hands and feet were bound during an arrest has been released from custody pending an appeal.
Billy Parent-Roy was sentenced Monday for assault causing bodily harm during 2022 arrest
Const. Billy Parent-Roy was released from jail Thursday, three days after being sentenced to four months for assault causing bodily harm. (Rachel Gauvin/Radio-Canada)
A Codiac Regional RCMP officer who was sentenced Monday to four months in jail for beating a man whose hands and feet were bound during an arrest has been released from custody pending an appeal.
Const. Billy Parent-Roy was scheduled to have a hearing in Moncton’s Court of King’s Bench on Thursday, but it was removed from the docket.
Instead, a release order was filed with the court and Parent-Roy was released with conditions. He must keep the peace and be of good behaviour, have no contact with the victim, Craig Hachey, attend his court appearances, and return to custody within 24 hours of his appeal being withdrawn or rejected, the order signed by Justice Robert Dysart shows.
Parent-Roy was found guilty in March of assault causing bodily harm to Hachey while detaining him at the Shediac RCMP detachment on June 29, 2022, under the Intoxicated Persons Detention Act.
Surveillance video showed Parent-Roy, who was in his late-20s at the time,
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